Author: Devin Service

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney, published by Imprint.

“The fantasy book I’ve been waiting for my whole life. Alice is Black Girl Magic personified.” —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give

Life in real-world Atlanta isn’t always simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, a slipping GPA, and an ongoing battle against monstrous creatures in the magical dream realm known as Wonderland. When Alice’s handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she’s ever gone before. And she’ll need to use everything she’s learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head . . . literally.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by NaNoWriMo, a nonprofit that believes your story matters. Write your novel this November during National Novel Writing Month!

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. Every year, hundreds of thousands of writers around the world take on the challenge of writing 50,000 words of a novel in the 30 days of November.

Track your progress on our website with personalized writing stats and graphs, meet local writers for neighborhood write-ins, and receive pep talks from authors like Justina Ireland, Min Jin Lee, and Andy Weir.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel. Sign up today!

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Park Row Books and EVERGREEN TIDINGS FROM THE BAUMGARTNERS by Gretchen Anthony.

A formidable matriarch goes to wild efforts to wrest back control of her family in this sidesplitting dramedy set in the Midwest—perfect for fans of This is Where I Leave You and The People We Hate at the Wedding.
Delightful, surprising, and full of heart, Gretchen Anthony’s Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners brings to life a sparkling cast of characters whose struggle to understand one another illuminates the unbreakable bonds of family, no matter how dysfunctional they can get.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio. Keep up with your reading by listening to the audiobook – and never miss a book club meeting!

Keep up with your book club reading by listening to the audiobook. Audiobooks are the perfect complement to your busy schedule. Listen to new releases such as The Kennedy Debutante, by Kerri Maher and read by Julia Whelan and you can enjoy a whole new book club experience. For more listening suggestions, visit Tryaudiobooks.com/BookRiot.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by NaNoWriMo, a nonprofit that believes your story matters. Write your novel this November during National Novel Writing Month!

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. Every year, hundreds of thousands of writers around the world take on the challenge of writing 50,000 words of a novel in the 30 days of November.

Track your progress on our website with personalized writing stats and graphs, meet local writers for neighborhood write-ins, and receive pep talks from authors like Justina Ireland, Min Jin Lee, and Andy Weir.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel. Sign up today!

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Park Row Books and EVERGREEN TIDINGS FROM THE BAUMGARTNERS by Gretchen Anthony.

A formidable matriarch goes to wild efforts to wrest back control of her family in this sidesplitting dramedy set in the Midwest—perfect for fans of This is Where I Leave You and The People We Hate at the Wedding.
Delightful, surprising, and full of heart, Gretchen Anthony’s Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners brings to life a sparkling cast of characters whose struggle to understand one another illuminates the unbreakable bonds of family, no matter how dysfunctional they can get.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Like Never and Always by Ann Aguirre.

One summer night, Liv, Morgan, Clay, and Nathan are driving home from a party. Best friends dating brothers? It doesn’t get better than that. But the joyride ends in disaster.
Liv wakes in the hospital. At first she’s confused when they call her Morgan, but she assumes it’s a case of mistaken identity. Yet when the bandages come off, it’s not her face in the mirror. It’s Morgan’s.
Forced to confront the disturbing truths that Morgan kept hidden in life, Liv must navigate a world of long-buried murder, a dangerous love affair—and a romance that feels like a betrayal.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Inkshares, the publishing and rights management platform behind books like Scott Thomas’ Kill Creek and Christopher Huang’s A Gentleman’s Murder.

Join fellow novelists in submitting your partial or finished manuscripts to Inkshares’ Mystery-Thriller and Horror contests, running through November 21st and December 15th, respectively. At least three novels per contest will be chosen for publication and representation.

Inkshares books have garnered starred reviews in every publishing magazine, features in major publications including USA Today, The Washington Post, and The New York Times, awards from organizations including the American Library Association, and have reached the global top-five most-sold books. Inkshares’ novels have been licensed in foreign territories alongside top-of-market advances and are in development for television and film at top networks and studios.

Is your novel next?

Check out the Inkshares Horror Contest Video Trailer here.

Check out the Inkshares Mystery-Thriller Contest Video Trailer here.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Unstoppable Moses by Tyler James Smith.

Perfect for John Green fans, 17-year-old Moses has one week in the aftermath of a disastrous prank to prove to the authorities, and to himself, that he’s not a worthless jerk who belongs in jail.